Dear Mr. President-The Almanac Singers/The North Carolina Ramblers

[ti:Dear Mr. President] [ar:The Almanac Singers] [al:Songs of Protest] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Dear Mr. President (亲爱的总统先生) - The Almanac Singers/The North Carolina Ramblers [00:09.51]Dear Mr President I sat me down [00:11.09]To send you greetings from my home town [00:13.51]And send you best wishes from all the friends I know [00:15.75]In Texas Alabama and Ohio and unaffiliated [00:19.99] [00:20.80]I'm an ordinary guy worked most of my life [00:22.96]Sometime I'll settle down with my kids and wife [00:25.06]And I like to see a movie or take a little drink [00:27.13]And I like being free to say what I think [00:29.73]Sorta runs in the family [00:31.69]My grandpa crossed the ocean for the same reason [00:35.90]Now I hate h****r and I can tell you why [00:38.22]He's caused lots of good folks to suffer and die [00:40.52]He's got a way of shovin' folks around [00:42.53]I figger it's about time we slapped him down [00:44.58]Give him a dose of his own medicine Lead poison [00:50.01]Now Mr President [00:51.41]We haven't always agreed in the past I know [00:53.78]But that ain't at all important now [00:55.83]What is important is what we got to do [00:57.65]We got to lick Mr h****r and until we do [00:59.61]Other things can wait [01:01.39] [01:02.57]In other words first we've got a skunk to skin [01:06.59]War means overtime and higher prices [01:08.80]But we're all willing to make sacrifices [01:10.66]Hell I'd even stop fightin' with my mother-in-law [01:12.70]Cause we need her too to win the war ol' battle-axe [01:17.94]Now as I think of our great land [01:19.71]With it's cities and towns and farming land [01:21.74]With it's so many good people a-working every day [01:23.86]I know it ain't perfect but it will be someday [01:26.06]Just give us a little time [01:28.36]This is the reason that I want to fight [01:30.19]Not 'cause everything's perfect or everything's right [01:31.76] [01:32.37]No it's just the opposite: I'm fightin' because [01:34.33]I want a better America and better laws [01:37.18]And better homes and jobs and schools [01:39.30]And no more Jim Crow and no more rules like [01:42.60]"You can't ride on this train 'cause you're a Negro " [01:45.78]"You can't live here 'cause you're a Jew " [01:48.51]"You can't work here 'cause you're a union man " [01:52.35]There's a line keeps runnin' through my head [01:54.14]I think it was somethin' Joe Louis once said [01:57.50]Said "There's a lot of things wrong [01:58.85]But h****r won't help 'em " [02:02.20]Now Mr President [02:03.72]You're commander-in-chief of our armed forces [02:05.44]The ships and the planes and the tanks and the horses [02:07.95]I guess you know best just where I can fight [02:10.16]All I want to be is situated right [02:12.38]To do the most damage [02:14.55]I never was one to try and shirk [02:16.61]And let the other fellow do all of the work [02:18.75]So when the time comes I'll be on hand [02:20.73]And I can make good use of these two hands [02:23.42]Quit playing this banjo around with the boys [02:25.41]And exchange it for something that makes more noise [02:29.50]So Mr President [02:30.73] [02:31.87]We got this one big job to do [02:33.81]That's lick Mr h****r and when we're through [02:35.99]Let no one else ever take his place [02:38.31]To trample down the human race [02:40.95]So what I want is you to give me a gun [02:42.69]So we can hurry up and get the job done